Policy implications of climate change in fisheries

A policy in a given issue area can be defined as objectives with associated policy measures. Climate change has implications for fisheries policy at the international as well as the domestic level. The fisheries governance system is a multi-level system, with decision-making at the global, regional, and domestic levels of governance. At the international level, rules exist for the distribution of fish stocks among countries. To now, this system has worked. Whether it will in the future, depends upon scale, velocity and trends of change. Policy tools at the domestic levels. Potential contribution to climate mitigation: fees, capacity reduction, less fuel consuming fishing methods. Capacity/effort reduction is good fisheries policy & good climate policy.